Andy Paton was awarded the title of 'Greatest Motherwell Player' at a tribute evening held at Fir Park on Sunday evening. Around a thousand 'Well fans turned up to see the unveiling of 'The Greatest Ever Motherwell Team'. Here's what they saw.
The stage faced the South Stand and the audience filled the lower centre block.The bottom half was reserved for the corporate customers and invited guests.Peter Martin and Tam Cowan took the audience through the proceedings and they kept the troops entertained with the usual football banter.
These events, when the fans vote for favourites, are always subject to the age and habits of the voters.It was no surprise to see the evening dominated by awards to members of the 91 Cup team but it was heartwarming to see how much the top award meant to Andy Paton.
The audience was sprinkled with names familiar to Motherwell fans and the night was professionally organised and ran smoothly.A DVD will be produced and it will no doubt become a requirement for those who collect club memorabilia.
As the cheap seats emptied, half of the audience retired to the marquee which occupied the training pitch behind the East Stand.It looked like a bit of a party was about to start.
Presentations were made to commemorate the 31/32 Championship winning team (McFadden collected it) and Charlie Cox received a memento on behalf of the 52 cup team.
Colin O'Neil's semi final goal took the prize for the greatest goal, Stevie Kirk is our cult hero, David Lindsay is our greatest fan and Tommy McLean won the vote for top manager.Tom Boyd took the trophy as greatest captain.
All but three of the team listed below were on hand to take their place on the stage.
1Ally Maxwell
2Davie Whiteford
3Joe Wark
4 Charlie Aitken
5 Andy Paton
6 Bert McCann
7 John Gahagan
8 Willie Pettigrew
9 Dougie Arnott
10 Ian St John
11 Davie Cooper
Finally, and to deserved applause, Andy Paton was honoured with the title 'Greatest Motherwell Player' - John Boyle made the presentation.
Sunday 25 March 2007